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io9 - Sep 17, 2008
When will "the literary establishment" start taking science fiction more seriously? Everybody from Michael Chabon to David Hartwell wants to know. But would most readers really be happy if science fiction actually …
Also tagged: top, rant, sarah hall, jeanette winterson, samuel r delany, kim stanley robinson, geoff ryman, literarature envy
io9 - Aug 13, 2008
On Monday I said I was a little disappointed that Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union won the Hugo Award for best science fiction novel in 2007. Though I think the novel is excellent, and certainly qualifies …
Also tagged: rant, hugo awards, io9 commenters rule, i was wrong
io9 - Jun 4, 2008
If you need something to listen to during lunch, tune into this interesting edition of Wisconsin Public Radio's "To the Best of Our Knowledge," featuring writer Michael Chabon discussing his alternate history novel The …
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io9 - May 17, 2008
In an alternate universe, Michael Chabon has a long track record of writing space opera. When the Yiddish Policemen's Union author was a young writer in UC Irvine's MFA program, he wrote some science fiction stories …
Also tagged: books, gawker, genres, the yiddish policemen s union
io9 - Apr 29, 2008
Over the weekend, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America presented its annual Nebula Awards for best works of science fiction and fantasy. Held in Austin, the Nebula Award weekend is celebration of the …
Also tagged: books, stories, nebula awards
io9 - Apr 25, 2008
You've chosen the winners of this year's Locus Awards for science fiction novels, stories, novellas, story collections, first novels and a few other categories. Locus has announced the finalists — including Charles …
Also tagged: awards, william gibson, charles stross, joe haldeman, ian mcdonald
io9 - Apr 20, 2008
Dale Peck and Tim Kring's alternate-history novel is just the latest in a long history of mainstream authors lifting ideas from science fiction. But what sci-fi concepts have been most in vogue with literary publishers …
Also tagged: top, audrey niffenegger, gawker, philip roth, chart, mcsweeney s, john updike, info porn
io9 - Apr 14, 2008
Michael Chabon wrote one of the smartest explorations of superheroes in his Pulitzer-winning The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, so it was exciting news when he agreed to write the script for Spider-Man 2 …
Also tagged: movies, sam raimi, spider man, superheroes, smallville, spider man 2
io9 - Apr 3, 2008
Four out of five Hugo-nominated novels are available for free, in electronic format — but only if you're a Hugo voter. To receive copies of Halting State by Charles Stross, Brasyl by Ian McDonald, Rollback by Robert J …
Also tagged: novels, john scalzi, charles stross
io9 - Mar 25, 2008
You can read several of the stories and novellas on the Hugo nominations list, including Elizabeth Bear's "Tideline," Ted Chiang's "The Merchant And The Alchemist's Gate," Gene Wolfe's "Memorare" and Nancy Kress' "The …
Also tagged: doctor who, books, tv, awards, torchwood, battlestar galactica, john scalzi